PhD advisor's three rules for picking research problems in the AI era
moarbugs · x · 2026-10-28
A PhD advisor shares the advice he now gives students: pick an important problem that (1) isn't trivially solvable by AI today, (2) isn't theoretically unsolvable, and (3) whose solution techniques will get better with AI advancements rather than become obsolete.
The core logic: align your research direction with AI's improving capabilities instead of competing against or being displaced by them.
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